Acts 1:9–11
After he goes up to heaven, two men in white say he will come back the same way
Study it word by word9And having said these things, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
10And as they were gazing into heaven while he was going, look, two men stood by them in white clothing,
11who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in this way, just as you saw him going into heaven.”
In its context
7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has set by his own authority;
8but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
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12Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
13And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.
Its words in the original
- εἰπὼνeipōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- βλεπόντωνblepontōn· see, look
See, look; watch out.
- ἐπήρθηepērthē· lift up
Lift up, raise.
- νεφέληnephelē· cloud
Cloud.
- ὑπέλαβενhypelaben· support, receive
To take up; to receive, to support; also to suppose.
- ὀφθαλμῶνophthalmōn· eye
Eye.
- ἀτενίζοντεςatenizontes· stare at
Stare at, look intently, fix one's eyes on.
- ἦσανēsan· be
Be, exist.
- οὐρανὸνouranon· heaven, sky
Heaven: the sky and, above all, the place of God. "The heavens" is sometimes a respectful way of saying "God".
- πορευομένουporeuomenou· go
Go, set out; also live, walk in a way of life.
- ἄνδρεςandres· man, husband
Man, adult male; with a possessive, "husband".
- δύοdyo· two
Two.
- παρειστήκεισανpareistēkeisan· stand by, present
Place beside, present; put at someone's disposal; stand by.
- ἐσθήσεσιesthēsesi· clothing
Clothing, robe.
- λευκαῖςleukais· white
White.
- ΓαλιλαῖοιGalilaioi· Galilean
Galilean, from Galilee.
- ἑστήκατεhestēkate· stand, set
Stand, stand still, stop; also set, establish.
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- ἀναλημφθεὶςanalēmphtheis· take up
Take up, lift up; take along.
- ἐλεύσεταιeleusetai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- τρόπονtropon· way, manner
Way, manner; manner of life, character.
- ἐθεάσασθεetheasasthe· see, behold
See, look at closely, behold.